Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Women's 50 metre butterfly
Championship:	2023 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	28 July (heats and semifinals) 29 July (final)
Venue:	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location:	Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors:	64
Nations:	58
Win Value:	24.77
Gold:	Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:	SWE
Silver:	Zhang Yufei
Silver Nation:	CHN
Bronze:	Gretchen Walsh
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The women's 50 metre butterfly competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[4]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 28 July at 11:39.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	25.04	Q
2	7	5	25.33	Q
3	7	3	25.50	Q
4	5	4	25.75	Q
5	5	5	25.77	Q
6	6	4	25.78	Q
7	5	8	25.81	Q, NR
8	7	6	25.96	Q
9	6	5	25.98	Q
10	5	3	26.02	Q
11	6	6	26.04	Q
12	5	6	26.14	Q
13	6	3	26.17	Q
14	7	2	26.21	Q
15	5	1	26.23	Q
15	7	1	26.23	Q
17	7	8	26.29
18	6	7	26.30
19	6	2	26.33
20	6	1	26.36
21	7	7	26.43
22	6	8	26.55
22	7	0	26.55
24	5	7	26.57
25	6	9	26.67
26	5	2	26.71
27	4	6	26.73
28	5	0	26.78
29	5	9	26.82
30	4	4	26.90
31	7	9	26.91
32	6	0	27.02
33	4	5	27.19
34	4	3	27.53
35	4	1	27.77	NR
36	4	2	27.79
37	4	8	27.86
38	4	7	28.13
39	3	5	28.43
40	4	0	28.46
41	3	3	28.58
41	4	9	28.58
43	3	7	28.84
44	3	6	29.07
45	1	7	29.38
46	3	4	29.39
47	3	2	29.41
48	3	1	29.54
49	3	8	29.63
50	3	0	29.90
51	3	9	29.97
52	2	4	30.73
53	2	5	30.86
54	2	0	31.46
55	2	3	31.51
56	2	2	32.09
57	1	4	32.53
58	2	7	32.55
59	1	5	33.49
60	2	9	36.57
61	1	6	37.68
62	2	1	38.22
63	2	8	39.50
64	1	2	41.44
	1	3
	2	6

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 28 July at 21:08.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	24.74	Q
2	1	4	25.17	Q, NR
3	1	3	25.48	Q
4	1	5	25.70	Q
5	2	5	25.72	Q
6	2	3	25.74	Q
7	2	2	25.75	Q
8	2	7	25.77	Q
9	1	7	25.82
10	2	6	25.83
11	1	2	25.88
12	1	8	25.98
13	2	1	26.02
14	2	8	26.14
15	1	6	26.18
16	1	1	26.27

Final

The final was held on 29 July at 20:02.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	24.77
	5	25.05	AS
	3	25.46
4	7	25.62
5	1	25.64
6	8	25.74
7	2	25.78
8	6	25.80

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118125431/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/01/16/8d440e7e-1f63-4fe8-af1c-a96ba1af40bf/20th-FINA-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Fukuoka-2023-Schedule-12.01.23.pdf . 18 January 2024 . 17 January 2023.
Web site: Sutherland . James . 13 January 2023 . World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152954/https://swimswam.com/world-aquatics-announces-competition-schedule-for-2023-world-championships-in-fukuoka/ . 18 January 2024 . 13 January 2023 . SwimSwam.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Start list . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723152520/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 23 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 21 July 2023 . Records book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153205/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001160001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf . 18 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 28 July 2023 . Heats results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240112072148/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 12 January 2024 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 28 July 2023 . Semifinals results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728122419/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 28 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.
Web site: 29 July 2023 . Final results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230729111249/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011600010204EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 29 July 2023 . omegatiming.com.